Car-coupling



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' L. ANDERSON.

GAR COUPLING. No. 321,271. Patented June 30, 1885.

X ['fjw lffi mmnnununn WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNrTEn STATES ATENTFFlC E LEE ANDERSON, OF rAEIs, TEXAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,271, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed October 30, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LEE ANnERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I dodeclare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of mycar-coupling, and Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in devices for couplingcars; and it is designed as an improvement upon the patent granted to meJune 20, 1882, No. 259,973.

These improvements consist in the construction and novel arrangement ofdevices, as will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claimappended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A indicates thedraw-head, which is open on its upper side forwardly from the pivotalpoint of the coupling-bar to permit a vertical movement of the sametherein. The vertical lateral walls a of the draw-head are made flaringat their outer ends, and. provided at their inner ends with horizontaltransverse perforations b, for the receptionof a bolt, B, for pivotingthe said couplingbar between the 5 jaws of the draw-head.

the operator or brakeman.

incline forwardly and downwardly from its rise a, which is below andforward of the pivotal point of the coupling-bar. By this constructionit will be seen that the connectingbar will be permitted to drop below ahorizontal plane to engage a coupling-bar of'a car of less height, andwill at the same time be held up above the front of the floor Zsufficient] y to admit the coupling of the opposite car. The draw-head Ais also provided on its under side, beneath the pivotal point of thecoupling-bar, with a vertical recess, 0, for the passage of anoperating-lever, D, attached to the rear end of the said connecting-bar,the upper end of the bar being longitudinally recessed, as shown at d,for the reception of the forward end of the said lever, which is securedthereto by screws or other suitable fastening devices. Thisoperating-lever, connected to the rear end of the coupling-bar,extendsdownward through the recess in the draw -head, and then turning extendsrearwardly beneath the draw-head to within convenient reach of The rearvertical Wall, 6, of the draw-head is also provided with an undervertical recess, E, forming a receptacle for the bend of the lever.

From the foregoing description, .taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention willbe obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what

